One man’s detail is another man’s retouching nightmare

At 100% view on a 15″ MacBook Pro, (1440x900px) note the little red box in the navigation pane at top right: this is how much (how little?) of the whole image you can see at once. Let’s just say that retouching takes a lot longer when you’ve got this many pixels, and the product has to look perfectly flawless. I of course have to remove my reflection from the watch crown – you could probably tell what lens I’m using, since the 60/2.8 G has a fairly distinctive front (small element, big vanity plate, no markings). MT

Honest answer: it was supposed to come this morning, but Nikon here are doing their annual financial year end stock take, so the warehouse isn’t releasing product. It’s frustrating but I hope to have a camera by end of the week. In the meantime, they loaned me a D3x for wide angle shots, and failing that, there’s always my D700 – it’s not any less of a camera now that the others are out.